


There is no definitive answer, of course, whenever you compare players from different eras and different positions. So when you consider the wide agreement among basketball followers that Michael Jordan is the greatest player in NBA history, you know you're referring to a once-in-a-lifetime talent. Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls information retired for a third and final time after the 2002-03 seasons with the highest scoring average (30.1 PPG) in NBA history, six championship rings, 10 scoring titles, five MVP awards and the admiration of everyone who ever saw him play. "I beat him one-on-one a couple of times his freshman year," said former college teammate James Worthy. "I knew he had the potential to be an All-Star, but I never dreamed he was going to take it to this level. I didn't think he would dominate and just 'be' the league."
Michael Jordan's biography, a brilliant story, is best told in chapters. Chapter 1 is the inspirational story of a Wilmington, North Carolina youth who once gets cut from his high school varsity team, only to work tirelessly, earn prep and college All-America honors and hit the winning jump shot as a North Carolina freshman in the 1982 national title game. In Chapter 2, 'Air" Michael Jordan arrives in the NBA as a gravity-defying dunk artist and scoring machine. A No. 3 overall draft choice, he wins 1985 Rookie of the Year honors and refines his game to benefit the team. He wins his first MVP Award in 1991 and leads the Chicago Bulls tickets to three straight titles before his abrupt retirement in 1993. Chapter 3 includes Michael Jordan's failed attempt to play big-league baseball, his 1994 NBA comeback and another run of three straight titles. Michael Jordan was named Finals MVP after all six Chicago Bulls tickets championships and retired for a second time in 1998. Though one hesitates to call anything a "final" chapter with Michael Jordan, his competitive zeal brought him out of the Washington Wizards' front office and into their jersey for two more seasons-a remarkable ending to an unparalleled career.